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Southern Ocean's ecological richness
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Ceridwen Fraser, Christina Hulbe, Craig Stevens, Huw Griffiths: An ocean like no other: the Southern Ocean's ecological richness and significance for global climate

The Southern (Antarctic) Ocean is our planet's primary storage of heat and carbon, and it's home to extraordinary life forms, from tiny algae and spineless creatures to penguins, seals and whales.
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Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds

Alarming new research shows that the massive East Antarctica ice sheet is already a major contributor to sea-level rise.
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